Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-04-22
The Secret Orders.
THE ROYAL ARCANUM.


At the meeting of the Grand Council
Royal Arcanum of the State of Virginia
in Richmond, last week, Augusta Council
No. 400 was represented by Mr.. Charles u.
Berry. G, B Somerville of Staunton, one
of the Grand Trustees, was also present.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:-R. A. Dobie OF Norfolk,
Grand Regent; John E. Hawkins OF Rich
mond, Vice Grand Regent; ]. B. Blanks
OF Petersburg, Grand Orator; l.. t.
Reins, Past Grand Regent; William
lovenstein of Richmond, Grand Secre-
tary; A. B. Bolts of fredericksburg,
Grand Treasurer; L. J. LIE Faucheur OF
Berkeley, Grand Chaplain; DR.. T. Winston
of Farmyille, Grand Guide; W. D. NORRIS
of Petersburg. Grand Warden; @. W.
Alexander Hatton of Portsmouth, Grand
Trustee for six years; A. Myers of Nor
folk and G. B. Somerville of Staunton,
holding over. The Representative to the
Supreme Council for the year 1888 and
1889 is William Lovenstein, who is also
Representative for the present year. J. L.
Beck of Lynchburg is Alternate Repre-
sentative.
ODD FELLOWS.
Tie Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows held
its annual session last week in Petersburg.
Stanton Lodge was represented by Mr..
G. G. Wheat of this city. The following
are the officers for the ensuing year:
Grand Master, A. A. Splitter, Rich
mond; Deputy Grand Master, A. B. Bow
erine, Fredericksburg; Grand Warden,
N. E. Whitehurst, Portsmouth; Grand
Secretary, J. Wiley Davis, Richmond;
Grand Treasurer. John W. Ferguson,
Richmond; Grand Chaplain, Rev. e. G.
Vanderslice, Petersburg; Grand Marshal,
L. H. Tucker, RichmoEd; Grand Conduc-
tor, g. G. Wheat. Staunton; Grand Guard
ian, D. R. Stanbury, Alexandria; Grand
Herald. W. P. Francis, Marion; Grand
Representatives to Sovereign Grand
Lodge, j. B. Blanks. Petersburg, and W.
E. Pearce, Richmond.
The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet in
Lynchburg On the Tuesday after the
second Monday in April, 1888.
The report of the Grand Secretary show
ed the number of lodges IN the State to be
SIS; membership January 1, 1885, $40; ad
dition during the year 375; losses during
the year by death, removal, ETC., 299; to-
tai membership January l, 1887, 5, Ais; to-
tai receipts for the year 1886, 500 ,2s0; total
for ioF d,1r 1909
1893. In addition to the above, $23s, So was
sent to the Odd Fellows at Charleston, S.
G., who were sufferers by the earthquake.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor
only meets once in two years, but the
meeting of the off year is substituted by
Assembly of the Grand Officers Of the
Lodge and of the members of the Finance
Committee. This meeting took place last
week in Richmond. Those present were
league; M. F. ,Hudnall, Grand Treasurer,
Richmond; William H. Bailie, Grand Re-
porter, Staunton, and the Finance Com
mittee consisting Of Captain John Max
we'll. Richmond, Major w. E. Foster, Nor
folk, and Isaac Hirsch, Fredericksburg.
The books of the Grand Treasurer and
Grand Reporter were examined, aud from
the examination it appeared that all the
accounts were correct and that after the
payment of all expenses a balance of
$305, 43 is in the Treasurer's hands. The
deaths in this grand jurisdiction from
January l., 1886, to April 1, 1887, were So
to the heirs of whom there was paid $780,
900. The number of deaths in Virginia
since the organization has been 295, and
$588,000 have been paid their heirs. The
annual meeting of the Grand Lodge takes
place in Alexandria next March.